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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-4145344

Hackett Philanthropies Foundation

A private foundation in Shavertown, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $207,885 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $207,885

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,901,761

  • Tax year 2024

    $178,115

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $3,058,726

  • Tax year 2023

    $150,560

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,715,979

  • Tax year 2022

    $147,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,856,650

  • Tax year 2021

    $130,300

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,510,593

  • Tax year 2020

    $122,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,451,767

  • Tax year 2019

    $188,060

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $2,603,088

  • Tax year 2018

    $95,100

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,768,740

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, OH

    Unrestricted

    $125,000
  2. Brehm FoundationCarbondale, IL

    Unrestricted

    $25,000
  3. Fork Over LoveEdwardsville, PA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  4. North Branch Land TrustTrucksville, PA

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. Competitive Enterprise InstituteWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $7,500
  6. Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth CenterWilkes Barre, PA

    Unrestricted

    $7,500
  7. Cancer Wellness Center of NepaForty Fort, PA

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Commonwealth FoundationHarrisburg, PA

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Nepa Racing IncKingston, PA

    Unrestricted

    $4,500
  10. Big Brother Big SisterForty Fort, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,200
  11. Adopt A Single MotherMountaintop, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  12. Coffee InclusivePittston, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  13. Operation Head StrongFlushing, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  14. Poland Mountain United WayStroudsburg, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  15. PA Future Educators AssociationHarrisburg, PA

    Unrestricted

    $750
  16. Shavertown Fire CompanyShavertown, PA

    Unrestricted

    $500
  17. Wilmington Trust SP SVCS IncWilkmingston, DE

    Unrestricted

    $500
  18. Hanover Area Quarterback ClubHanover TWP, PA

    Unrestricted

    $500
  19. Casa of Luzerne CountyWilkes Barre, PA

    General fund

    $460
  20. Shavertown United Methodist ChurchShavertown, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  21. Wyoming Valley Childrens AssocForty Fort, PA

    Unrestricted

    $225

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $125,00086% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,0007% of the total
  3. Human services2 grants $5,4604% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation2 grants $5,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $125,000
  2. Pennsylvania16 grants $48,885
  3. Illinois1 grant $25,000
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $7,500
  5. New York1 grant $1,000
  6. Delaware1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Christopher HackettPRES/ DIR/ SEC/ TREAS Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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